Planteamiento de las hipótesis del modelo de negocio (BMC)

familiar she is with units of measure. She uses measuring cups and spoons and other utensils. She puts in a cup of this, or a spoon of that, or a pinch of something else in her cooking. I watch in amazement, especially when she gets it cooked and puts it on the table and I eat it. I say, "Ummmm, this is good." Yet I wonder how the measured units she used somehow went together to make the meal come out so perfectly.

God bases His giving on a divine and precise measurement. In Luke 6:38 Jesus describes this measurement:

"Give, and it shall be given to you; good measure, pressed down, shaken together, and running over, shall men give to you."

Then He adds, "For with what measure you give shall be measured back to you again."

God is saying a powerful thing to you here about your giving and your receiving.

You, the giver, are the one who determines the measure—or extent—of how MEN WILL GIVE TO YOU. "For with what measurement you give, it will be measured to you again," Jesus said.

The question is, do you want God's miracles poured back to you by the spoonful, the cupful, the barrel-full, the tank-car-full?

In other words, Jesus is telling you that you give and the way you measure or count up your giving establishes the unit of measure that men will use in responding to you with their giving.

God says YOU determine by what measure you will GET (or RECEIVE). You establish that by the measure in which you give.

What is God's measuring unit? First, God's measuring unit is a PERCENTAGE, not an exact amount. He looks at what you give in relationship to the total amount you have to give.

The Bible tells a story about a poor widow woman who went to the temple one day and put her offering to the Lord in the giant trumpet-shaped containers that were scattered about the temple for that purpose. Jesus and His disciples were off to the side and they noticed this woman putting in her offering. They also saw the rich putting in their offerings, using loud prayers and

Do You Want Miracles by the Teaspoon or Trainload?

gestures to call attention to their gifts. What did the widow woman give? Two mites.

Now that would be less than a penny in our money today! Very little. And yet Jesus turned to His disciples and said, "This woman has given more than all the rest."

Mathematically that isn't possible.

But it is the way GOD measures. This woman had given her ALL. She had given out of her need. She had given out of her want. She was trusting God with EVERYTHING she had.

A brother in the Lord began to prosper in a big way. At the same time he was given the opportunity to plant big. His wife was ready. But he went to his accountant who told him he shouldn't give big because of tax reasons.

When it came to my attention I asked him, "Are you a tither?"

"I was before I got this kind of money." "You aren't now?"

"No."

I said, "I advise you to pray about this and remember who your Source is. A rejected opportunity to give is a lost opportunity to receive."

He didn't reply.

It came to me with such force that it scared me: this brother is in the worst danger of his life! He was a tither, God has blessed him big, now he's stopped and he doesn't seem to care!

I know one thing for certain: it's better to deal God in than to deal Him out in your giving ... and your receiving.

Consider the measure God used in giving His Son on the cross for us. He had only one Son. He could have used another kind of measuring unit. The measurement could have been giving one or more of the uncounted number of angels God has created. But that wasn't the type of measurement that God wanted to RECEIVE by.

God didn't stoop to see how small He could give...but how BIG.

God didn't see how inexpensive His gift might be...but how costly.

God didn't give something He wouldn't miss... but the One who would cost Him the most to give up!

God risked EVERYTHING. That's the GOD-kind of giving.

This is why all God has is the result of what He has given. It is why He has you, me, and millions of others redeemed back to Him. He gave His life to get your life.

Do You Want Miracles by the Teaspoon or Trainload?

God gave His most precious possession of all. Jesus. He received back a precious possession—YOU!

It's important for you to notice that God doesn't lose what He gives. God still has His only begotten Son because He gave Him. You too will have, because you give.

The only difference is that with God, if you give one cupful you don't get one cupful back. He says He will give thirty, sixty, a HUNDRED cupfuls back (Mark 4:20). In the God-kind of giving and receiving, this is the way the measurement system works. It runs by the law of multiplication.

God is still getting, still harvesting souls from His gift of Jesus. God gave for a DESIRED RESULT and He is still getting that desired result every hour, every day. He's RECEIVING the recovery of lost souls, healing of sick bodies, supplying of lack in human beings, rejoicing of angels over lost sinners who repent, deliverance of His masterpiece creation—man—from the clutches of the enemy Satan.

God GETS by the measure He gave. God HAS what He gave.

The same is true for you. And for me. This should cause us to examine very closely what we have and what we give of it, being sure that we plant our best seed every time.

best. We receive it. And that's the way we continue ATTACKING OUR LACK

Chapter 10

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The God-Kind of Prosperity

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